Hepatic subcapsular biloma. An unusual complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Gastroenterology. 1988 May;94(5 Pt 1):1225-7.

Abstract

Development of an intraabdominal bile collection (biloma) usually occurs secondary to traumatic or iatrogenic injury including abdominal surgery, percutaneous catheter drainage, and transhepatic cholangiogram. We present a case of hepatic subcapsular biloma following endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and identified by ultrasound and computed tomodensitometry examinations. A percutaneous drainage procedure allowed a subsequent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to be performed that documented the location and extent of the bile leak and led to resolution of the biloma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bile*
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / adverse effects*
  • Drainage
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver* / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver* / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography